Dhaka, 14 February, Abnews : Malaysian Islamic authorities took their annual swipe at Valentine’s Day Friday, calling it a threat to Muslim values, but 138 couples took part in a mass wedding to mark the date. In its official Friday sermon text distributed to mosques in the Muslim- majority country,… বিস্তারিত »

Dhaka, 12 February, Abnews : With Seoul-Tokyo relations at their lowest ebb for years, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is as unpopular with South Koreans as North Korean leader Kim Jong- Un, a new survey said Wednesday. Following Abe’s visit to a controversial war shrine in December, his already low… বিস্তারিত »

Dhaka, 08 February, Abnews : President Barack Obama signed an agriculture bill worth more than $950 billion yesterday, saying the rare product of cooperation in Washington was an example of how the gridlocked US political capital should work. Obama traveled to Michigan to highlight the measure, which he compared to… বিস্তারিত »

Dhaka, 03 February, Abnews : North Korea agreed Monday to hold talks with South Korea on organising a rare reunion event for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said. After days of silence following an initial proposal from Seoul last week, Pyongyang said it would be… বিস্তারিত »

Dhaka, 02 February, Abnews : Polls opened Sunday for tense elections in Thailand with opposition demonstrators preventing voting in parts of the country, a day after a gunfight between rival protesters in Bangkok raised fears of more violence. The snap poll was called by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in an… বিস্তারিত »

Dhaka, 28 January, Abnews : A landslide triggered by days of rain buried a village on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Tuesday, leaving at last five people dead and another 14 missing, an official said. The landslide happened in mountainous Jombang district in eastern Java at 1:30 am (1830… বিস্তারিত »

Dhaka, 25 January, Abnews : A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s main island of Java on Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported, but local officials said there was no risk of a tsunami. The quake struck at 12:14 pm (0514 GMT), 39 kilometres (24 miles) south-southeast of the coastal town… বিস্তারিত »

Dhaka, 24 January, Abnews : Canadian firefighters searched the ashes of a Quebec retirement home Thursday after it burned nearly to the ground on a bleak midwinter night, leaving more than 30 residents feared dead. Quebec police confirmed five fatalities from the blaze, while three dozen more remained unaccounted for… বিস্তারিত »

Dhaka, 23 January, Abnews : A woman has been killed and 12 other people are missing after torrential rains triggered a landslide that buried sleeping villagers on Indonesia’s main Java island, an official said Thursday. Rescuers were digging by hand through mounds of earth in Kudus district, central Java, to… বিস্তারিত »